Remission of Ménétrier's disease associated with ranitidine administration.
We describe a patient with Ménétrier's disease in whom acute administration of ranitidine reduced gastric protein loss more effectively than cimetidine or propantheline. This patient went into remission following a course of ranitidine. We reviewed the literature on remissions in Ménétrier's disease occurring without surgery. More detailed studies of various anti-secretory agents on individual patients are required to determine whether or not they are truly efficacious.
Kang
J Y
JY
Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Tang
K F
KF
Goh
A
A
Sundram
F X
FX
Seah
C S
CS
D000328:Adult; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011413:Propantheline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011506:Proteins; D011413:Propantheline; D002927:Cimetidine; D011899:Ranitidine